Sorry, I lost all desire to write over the last few months. The excitement that once filled me about volunteering was all gone and was replaced only by a desire to finish strong. I spent the last few months working really hard and receiving a lot of stress from it. I can not say Malawi was a bad experience (mostly it was good, and I will look to replicate many parts of it in the future) but it was difficult at times. I appreciate what the experience gave me and recommend it to most people but I am ready for my time off before I return to school. I am on the road, on my way to England to study. I am currently in Rwanda and will soon be on my way. Sorry I lost interest in this blog, it was the only info some of you got about me.
Ethan
My home stay family during training
my home 2 the right, deforestation straight ahead.
Community forestry
Forest survey, worked by the village, sponsored by Songwe Transboundry river project.
Filling potting tubes for a village nursery
Jam making with my nursery/orchard group
Health vol in Ifumbo on the right
Bee hive building workshop
My mushroom growing club
the house we built is just behind us
Boiling the mushroom substrate
moving day Malawi style
My monkey bridge river crossing
my chicken Gina
the other one "Fron" died but was replaced. They were named after the only one who asked me their names.
My little neighbor in his Chicago t-shirt
"Mango" and the drum I made for the kids
the drum was destroyed within days!
They work for Peanuts, literaly
About Me
- Ethan Sklom
- Ifumbo, Chitipa, Malawi
- To those who don't know me. Here are a few short facts about me. I grew up in Blue Island, Illinois. (just out of Chicago) I went to school in the U.P. of Michigan at Michigan Tech. graduating with a BS in Forestry and a minor in Ecology. I have been moving around since college both living and traveling. I am currently in the U.S. Peace Corps. and am signed up through Apr. 2010. That's me in a nutshell.
Contact info when I am in Malawi
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